Ernest Dubose, Jr.

Ernest DuBose, Jr. was born to (the late) Ernest DuBose, Sr. and Edith DuBose-Gales on August 9, 1934 in Darlington County, South Carolina.  Ernest transitioned into peace on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at Woodhull Hospital after a brief illness.

“Juice”, as he was affectionately known by family and friends, was educated in the Darlington County public school system. As a young child, Juice, the youngest of three siblings, attended Sandy Grove Methodist Church with his family.  

Ernest had a special relationship with his mother.  She was a very productive woman who taught Ernest diverse skills such as sewing, fixing things around the home, and cooking.  Two of his specialties were his famous banana pudding and hog-head cheese.  Juice became a man of many talents from the different skills he learned.  He could fix and repair anything; he was our “Handy Fix-It Man.”

In 1953, Juice migrated to New York City, and in early 1956, he met Aline Hickman at a party.  Later that year, the two married on November 10th.  From their union, five children were born.

Ernest was a very hard-working, dependable, loving family man who was a good provider for his family.  He worked as a trucker and forklift operator for over forty-five years for Owens-Illinois and later at Delta Container Corporation in Elizabeth, New Jersey from which he retired in the year 2000.

Juice was a dapper dresser and had a love of cars -- especially Cadillacs.  He knew his way around an engine.  If anyone had a problem with their car, Ernest was their man to fix it.  His hobbies were listening to old R&B artists, watching old westerns such as Gunsmoke and The Rifleman, and variety shows on TV, and fishing.

Juice was preceded in death by his two siblings: Annie Lee Green and Joseph, two children: James and Ernest, III, and one grandson Akeim. He leaves to cherish his memories, his beloved wife of sixty-five years, Aline;  his sons: Lonnie (Adorn) and Andre; his daughters: Sandra Marie (of Brooklyn, New York) and Daisy B. Hickman (of Bishopville, South Carolina); one brother Henry Gales; seven grandchildren: Stephanie, Lionel, Cheenekie, Chris, Laiquan, Lonnie K, and Tyvon (Grandpa’s special helper);  eight great-grandchildren, one great-great- grandchild, two adoptive grandchildren: Jessecharles and April Page; two sisters-in-law: Dorothy Davis (Herbert)  and Jeanette Hickman; one brother-in-law Otis  Hickman (Mamie); three very special great-grandchildren: Tikia Carter, Aniyah Dixon and Jayla Martin; two close friends: Henry Lee Samuel and Jesse Monroe; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.  

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